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Monaco

Western Europe · territory of France

Capital
Monaco
Population
39,000 (2025)
Currency
Euro EUR
Plugs
CE 230 V
Drives on the
right
Local time
Monaco highlighted on a globe

Plugs and voltage

Type C socket, as found in Monaco Type C Type E socket, as found in Monaco Type E

Monaco uses Types C and E sockets. Mains supply is 230 V at 50 Hz.

At 230 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.

Money

€ Euro EUR

Reference rates, 2026-10-30 (ECB)
1 USD0.8951 EUR
1 GBP1.20 EUR
1 JPY0.005692 EUR
1 AUD0.6288 EUR

Euro: where it's used and rates

Language

  • Frenchofficial97%

Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).

Time

Monaco is on UTC+1 (standard time; clocks change for daylight saving).

Driving

Traffic in Monaco drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.

Public holidays in the next 12 months

14 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.

November 2026

  • All Saints' Day (observed)
  • Prince's Day

December 2026

  • Immaculate Conception
  • Christmas Day

January 2027

  • New Year's Day
  • Saint Devote's Day

March 2027

  • Easter Monday

May 2027

  • Labor Day
  • Ascension Day
  • Pentecost Monday
  • Corpus Christi

August 2027

  • Assumption Day
  • Assumption Day (observed)

November 2027

  • All Saints' Day

Travel advisories

United States · State Department

No separate advisory; covered by the advisory for France: Level 2 Exercise increased caution.

Read it. Checked 2026-11-02.

United Kingdom · FCDO

No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Monaco.

Updated 2025-12-10. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.

Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.

Other practical facts

Calling code
+377
Internet domain
.mc
Measurement
Metric
Paper size
A4
Week starts on
Monday
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Wikipedia
Coat of arms or emblem of Monaco
Coat of arms / emblem

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Flag: Flag of Monaco.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Monaco.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.